Susanne Heissler-Knoll

Pfäffikon/Schwyz at Zürichsee(CH)

Professional Career

  • Freelancer since 2010 as a Coach, Consultant and Trainer, nationally and internationally
  • Whilst self-employed, working for 3 years as a counsellor and legal assistant for a family and youth counselling services in Bremgarten, Switzerland
  • More than 15 years of experience within Human Resource (HR) as HR-Manager, Manager of Learning and Development, Recruitment, HR-Assistance within the industry-, trade- and service-sector
  • Work experience in Germany, England, New Zealand, Switzerland
  • Fluent in German and English
  • Focus: Individual and Team-Coaching, facilitation of workshops, Leadership and Communication training  

Education and Training

  • Apprenticeship as insurance broker
  • Master in Business Administration Studies (FH Nürtingen, Germany) and Graduate HR-Management as HR-Generalist, CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), Great Britain
  • CAS Intercultural Coaching, Coachingzentrum Olten, Switzerland
  • Diploma Person-centred counselling, pca-acp Zürich, Switzerland
  • NLP-Master, Gwiz-training, Great Britain
  • Systemic Counselling, isb, Wiesloch, Germany
  • Courses in MBSR (Mindfulness-based-stress-reduction), The Work (Katie Byron), hypnotherapy, psychodrama, character structures

What else is there to say about me

  • An unconventional combination of approaches and a variety of tools and methods, including the three layers of thinking, feeling and acting
  • I strongly believe that the “inner attitude” (core beliefs, convictions, attitudes) decide upon successful organisational and personal change and its achievements
  • An authentic, appreciative, empathic, pragmatic, humorous, gentle but also determined approach which may release one’s potential, courage, energy and inspiration
  • With the view that one may “know all the tricks of the trade” but nevertheless is able to still think, feel and act with righteousness and integrity.

The expertise

  • Leadership
  • Change-Management
  • Interculturalism
  • Communication
  • Career guidance
  • Personal Growth
  • Burnout
  • Narcissism
  • Authenticity